SYNOPSIS:F. Scott Fitzgerald,
Ernest Hemingway, Ezra Pound, and James Joyce walk into a Parisian
bar... no, it's not the beginning of a joke, but the premise of Jason's
unique new graphic novel.

Set in 1920s Paris, The Left Bank Gang
is a deliciously inventive re-imagining of these four literary figures
as not only typical Jason anthropomorphics, but... graphic novelists!
Yes, in Jason's warped world, cartooning is the dominant form of
fiction, and not only do these four literary giants work in the comics
medium but they get together to discuss pen vs. brush, chat about the
latest graphic novels from Dostoevsky ("I can't tell any of his
characters apart!") to Faulkner ("Hasn't he heard of white space? His
panels are too crowded!"), and bemoan their erratic careers.

Add
in a hilarious sequence where Hemingway is lectured by an overbearing
Gertrude Stein ("What kind of pencil are you using? You should be using a
blue pencil, that way you don't have to erase, all right? Avoid
captions. Don't ever write 'A little later.' You don't need that. The
reader will figure it out."), guest appearances by Zelda Fitzgerald and
Jean-Paul Sartre, and a few remarkable twists and turns along the way,
and you've got one of the funniest and most playful graphic novels of
the year.

Like Jason's acclaimed Why Are You Doing This?, The Left Bank Gang
is rendered in full spectacular color. This is Jason's eighth graphic
novel in six years for Fantagraphics, and his audience continues to grow
with every acclaimed release.

The year is 1864 and the Civil War rages on. But
seventeen-year-old Stefan Salvatore is fighting a battle all his own.
Engaged to marry someone he does not love, Stefan falls for a mysterious
girl named Katherine. With her gleaming curls and mischievous brown
eyes, Katherine is beautiful and seduction…but she also harbors a dark
secret: She’s a vampire.

Based on the popular CW TV show inspired
by the bestselling novels, Stefan’s Diaries reveals what really
happened between Stefan, Damon, and Katherine—and how the Vampire
Diaries love triangle began.

SYNOPSIS: The Selection began with thirty-five girls.Now with the group narrowed down to the six Elite, the competition to win Prince Maxon's heart is fiercer than ever—and America is still struggling to decide where her heart truly lies. Is it with Maxon, who could make her life a fairy tale? Or with her first love, Aspen?
America is desperate for more time. But the rest of the Elite know exactly what they want—and America's chance to choose is about to slip away.

SYNOPSIS: From Kiera Cass, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Selection series, comes a sweeping stand-alone fantasy romance.

A girl with a secret.The boy of her dreams.An Ocean between them.

Years ago, Kahlen was rescued from drowning by the Ocean. To repay her debt, she has served as a Siren ever since, using her voice to lure countless strangers to their deaths. Though a single word from Kahlen can kill, she can’t resist spending her days on land, watching ordinary people and longing for the day when she will be able to speak and laugh and live freely among them again.

Kahlen is resigned to finishing her sentence in solitude...until she meets Akinli. Handsome, caring, and kind, Akinli is everything Kahlen ever dreamed of.

Falling in love with a human breaks the Ocean’s rules. But for the first time in a lifetime of following the rules, Kahlen is determined to follow her heart.

SYNOPSIS:Each one born of a different homeland; each one hunted, and haunted, by tragedy, lies…and war.

As
thousands of desperate refugees flock to the coast in the midst of a
Soviet advance, four paths converge, vying for passage aboard the Wilhelm Gustloff, a ship that promises safety and freedom.

Yet not all promises can be kept.

Inspired by the single greatest tragedy in maritime history, bestselling and award-winning author Ruta Sepetys (Between Shades of Gray)
lifts the veil on a shockingly little-known casualty of World War II.
An illuminating and life-affirming tale of heart and hope.

SYNOPSIS:The thrilling second book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Red Queen trilogy follows Mare Barrow on her mission to defeat the traitorous Maven.

Mare Barrow’s blood is red—the color of common folk—but her Silver ability, the power to control lightning, has turned her into a weapon that the royal court tries to control.

The crown calls her an impossibility, a fake, but as she makes her escape from Maven, the prince—the friend—who betrayed her, Mare uncovers something startling: she is not the only one of her kind.

Pursued by Maven, now a vindictive king, Mare sets out to find and recruit other Red-and-Silver fighters to join in the struggle against her oppressors.

But Mare finds herself on a deadly path, at risk of becoming exactly the kind of monster she is trying to defeat.

Will she shatter under the weight of the lives that are the cost of rebellion? Or have treachery and betrayal hardened her forever?

The electrifying next installment in the Red Queen series escalates the struggle between the growing rebel army and the blood-segregated world they’ve always known—and pits Mare against the darkness of her own heart.

01 February, 2016

I finished exams but I am actually pretty sure I will have to study for some resits... I just hope I need to study only advanced math. I hope I passed the rest.
Well, sorry. Now on to the February list! since I finished all my January list early I already started with February list but I still have some interesting books to read! I will be reading The Rose Society, The Bone Season, and The Siren! (The rest I already read and reviews will be posted really soon so keep an eye on the blog!)

Woohoo! What are you guys reading?

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